18 Different Cooking Techniques Explained

If
you've ever sat there puzzled when someone talks about "blanching and
shocking" vegetables first, or serving a duck leg, "confit,"
then this is the infographic for you. Have you tried "cold oil
spherification" and do you know what cooking "sous vide"
actually means? Check the explainers below.

Read
across the chart from each cooking method and you'll discover which is the best
way to cook the juicest steak, for example, or how to keep your vegetables nice
and crunchy.

The
seasoned cook will know these methods like the back of their hands of course,
but as an overview of 18 different cooking techniques this is a useful
resource.

You
might also want to check out this guide to how to sear anything perfectly, as
the searimg method is mentioned below.

With
new cooking techniques being invented every day, check out this guide to get
your head around which food should be used with which technique.